Page 24 - Grasp English B2 (Student Book)

2 Career

Grammar Articles & determiners

A. Read the passage and then answer the questions.

Memories...
I used to have a Saturday job as a dog walker. That’s a strange job, isn’t it? Although a lot of people like to own
a dog, many don’t want to spend their time taking it for a walk. My job was to exercise their dog for them.
Every Saturday, the owner would leave the dog and its lead at their gate for me to collect. What most of those
owners didn’t know was that I didn’t only take their dog for a walk. I took eight – at the same time! This was the
only way I could earn enough pocket money for the rest of the week.
It wasn’t easy. Some of the dogs were well behaved, a few of them barked all the time, and one or two were
biters. They bit each other, not me! I never lost a dog on our walks, but this job made me realise that I love cats
more than dogs. They’re much easier and don’t need to go for a walk!

1. Was the writer the only dog walker in town?

2. Is there more than one strange job?
3. Which dog owners didn’t know that she took eight dogs for a walk?
4. Are cats a little easier to look after than dogs?

B. Circle the correct word and discuss with a partner.
1. What are the/those most common jobs for people in your area?
2. Do you feel you get enough/most career advice at your school? Why/Why not?
3. In his/your opinion, are teachers well respected in your country?

C. Write the determiners in the correct category.

a - a few - a little - a lot of - an - any - enough - her - his - many - most - much - my - our - some - that - the
their - these - this - those - your

Definite article Indefinite article Demonstrative Possessive Quantifier

D. Use a determiner from the table above to complete each sentence.

1. people think that working in bank would be boring.
2. I think ideal job would be type of work where I can help people.
3. Being president of country must be really demanding.
4. There aren’t good jobs going in my area, so people move to
bigger city.
5. He said father was going to take him on to work in family business.
6. days, it’s getting more difficult to get good job without
right qualifications.
7. If I had time, I’d like to take part-time course on one of
e-learning sites.
8. Teens in area often get same job as parents.

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